PkPositive News Of May-12

Report on “Women in Pakistan IT Industry” Unveiled : ProPakistani

Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) today unveiled its research report on working women in Pakistan IT industry, in a press conference held in Karachi.

In the context of HR policies and practices, a majority of women were satisfied with their work environment.

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Pakistan short film on drone attacks gets international award: The News Tribe

A short film by two students of a Pakistani on United States drone attacks in Pakistan and its societal affects has won an international film making award.

The film was awarded with Best Audience Award at National Film Festival For Talented Youth Washington, US.

Filmmakers Muhammad Danish, writer and director, and Atiqullah, producer of the short film, are students at Iqra University, the leading private Pakistani management institute.

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Citi Pakistan wins ‘Best CSR Programme’ award: Good NewsPK

Citi Pakistan has been awarded the ‘Best Community Programme’ award for its pioneering work in microfinance and vocational training at the International CSR Awards 2012.

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Afridi makes list of 100 top professionals: Ary Digital

Former captain of national cricket team and one of the top all-rounders of the world, Shahid Afridi’s name has been included in British International Biographical Centre’s list of 100 Top Professionals of 2012.

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Pakistan student wins International Student Paper Award 2012: The News Tribe

A Pakistani student has won International Student Paper of Year Award 2012 by Project Management Institute, world’s leading project management institute.

Muhammad Ehsan Khan, PgMP, PMP, is a project management practitioner and consultant who has been associated with this growing profession for more than a decade.

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Pakistani Students Gets 4th Positions At Intel Science Fair: Learning PK

Two Pakistani teenagers to get fourth place and cash $500 award at the Grand Awards Ceremony of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair on Friday in Pittsburgh.

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Hamid General Homoeo honored: Times Of Pakistan

Dr. Willmar Schwabe Germany, the world’s largest and most reputable manufacturer of Homoeopathic medicines has accorded the certification of Largest Importer of Schwabe single remedies worldwide to Dr. Hamid General Homoeo, Karachi, in recognition of their outstanding merit on selling single remedies of Dr. Willmar Schwabe Germany.

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Intel ISEF 2012: Peshawar girl wins science accolade: Express Tribune

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2012 was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. Three Pakistani teenagers Shiza Gulab, Mahnoor Hassan and Bushra Shahed attained fourth position for their project titled ‘Energy Square for Cattle.’

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Pakistani Students Develop GUI Platform for Configuration of Cisco Routers: ProPakistani

Four Pakistani students from Sir Syed University Karachi have developed a user-friendly, easily manageable software with graphical user interface to configure/control a variety of large-scale cisco routers, which are usually controlled/configured through command line.

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Eight Pakistanis to get posthumous awards as UN recognizes peacekeepers’work: APP

UNITED NATIONS, May 23 (APP)  – The United Nations is set to honour at a solemn ceremony on Tuesday, May 29, the sacrifices of 112 peacekeepers, including 8 Pakistanis, who paid the ultimate price in serving the cause of peace in hot spots around the world last year.

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Pakistani girls shine at Intel, science and engineering fair: Dawn

Three Pakistani students were awarded US$ 500 for their innovative project entitled “Energy Square for Cattle” at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2012, a program of Society for Science & the Public.

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LUMS prominent in “100 Business Leaders of Pakistan”: The News Tribe

The university Pro-Chancellor Syed Babar Ali, Rector Abdul Razak Dawood, and Vice Chancellor Dr. Adil Najam are all featured in the list of 100; the first two as amongst the most prominent corporate leaders in Pakistan, and the third as a leading educational leader.

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CJP receives Int.Jurist Award: Saach.TV

London: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has been awarded the prestigious International Jurists Award 2012.

CJP Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry received the award from Lord Phillips, President of the Supreme Court of the UK, for his “unique and tremendous contribution in the field of administration of justice and for the tireless and fearless endeavors towards administration of justice in Pakistan against all odds.”

Three Pak companies win Muslim Excellence Award in Turkey

 

Istanbul: Three Pakistan companies– Izhar Construction, Phrma Health Pakistan and Model Steel– won laurels for the country by winning prestigious Muslim Excellence & Competitiveness Corporations’ Award (MECC Award) at a prestigious ceremony held in Istanbul.

The three Pakistani business entities were among the 40 companies from the Islamic countries who won this award at a ceremony held in the presence of presidents of chambers of commerce and industry of Islamic countries as well as top managers of successful organizations from Islamic countries.
The countries recognized for Islamic World appreciation are Azerbaija, Jordan, Turkey, Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Kuwait, Kazkhstan, Tunis, Syria, UAE, Malaysia, Qatar, Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
To celebrate this unmatched and marvelous accomplishment of these Pakistani companies, the LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh, Senior Vice President Kashif Younis Meher and Commissioner MEEC Awards for Pakistan Hasnain Reza Mirza during a meeting with the Chief Executive Officers of these companies at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry paid rich tributes to them for earning respect for Pakistan.
The LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said that it is a great achievement that would go a long way in giving good name to Pakistani companies working around the globe.

The LCCI Senior Vice President Kashif Younis Meher said that these Pakistani companies by winning MEEC Awards have proved that they are second top none. He said that it was a great thing that the MEEC Awards Certificates were handed over by the President of MECC Award Dr. Mohammad Nahavanian, Assistant Secretary General of Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ms Attia Nawazish Ali in the presence of hundreds of businessmen from the Islamic world.

The Chief Executives of Izhar Construction and Pharma Health Pakistan, Yaqoob Tahir Izhar, Khawaja shahzeb Akram and Manager Branding Amir Dar received the appreciation certificates from the LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh while the LCCI former President Mian Muzaffar ali was also present on the occasion.

News Details: The News Tribe

Pakistani entrepreneur launches airline in UAE

Dubai: A 26-year-old Pakistani businessman from Abbottabad, Malek Naureed Awan, is set to launch an airline in the UAE.

MMA Airline has been registered with the Ras Al Khaimah Free Zone, from where it received its licence as a company last month, Awan, the airline’s Chief Executive Officer, told Gulf News.

An air operator’s certificate (AOC) is an approval granted by a national aviation authority to an aircraft operator to allow it to use aircraft for commercial purposes. This requires the operator to have personnel, assets and systems in place to ensure the safety of its employees and the general public.

Awan’s company is investing $50 million (Dh183 million) in the start-up, which will be based in Ras Al Khaimah.

“The total investment is coming from our own resources,” he said. Awan plans to launch flights from Ras Al Khaimah International Airport to Karachi and Lahore initially and then add destinations in India and other countries when it secures traffic rights.

“We have already acquired two Airbus A320s to start flights. Two Boeing 777-300s are expected to join the fleet when we plan to add more destinations, such as Mumbai after traffic rights are granted,” Awan said.
The UAE already has five state-owned airlines owned by the governments of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. The country has, so far, not allowed any private airline to operate scheduled commercial flights.

However, a number of private companies operate freighters and charter flights, including business jet operations such as Royal Jet, ExecuJet and EliteJet.

This will be the first private commercial airline to operate from the UAE.

“This new start-up airline has the potential to cause serious damage to RAK Airways, who have only just restarted operations after collapsing the first time around,” Saj Ahmad, Chief Aerospace/Airline Analyst at the UK-based StrategicAero Research, told Gulf News.

News Details: Gulf News

Official Site of MMA airlines

PTCL Celebrates 1 Million Broadband Customers

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)  announced that it has achieved one million broadband customers in the country, that is over or around 50 percent of broadband market share.

A messages by Mr. Walid Irshaid, President and CEO PTCL, published on its official website says: With over 3 million fixed line users and 1 million Broadband customers in over 1000 cities, PTCL is reaching the country’s furthest areas where others have not.

We are fueling the Broadband revolution in Pakistan with our EVO 3G Wireless Broadband offering true mobility and fastest wireless Internet within the reach of every citizen of Pakistan.

PTCL claims that its DSL broadband services are offered in 1,000 cities countrywide while company’s wireless broadband service namely EVO is stretched to over 180 cities and Nitro in 70 cities.

PTCL has been aggressively pushing its DSL and EVO/Nitro since it started offering DSL broadband services in 2007 and EVO in 2009.

According to recently reported PTA stats, Pakistan had 1.9 million broadband customers till February 2012.

News Details: ProPakistani.PK

Nokia to Hold a Global (Handset) Launch Event in Pakistan

Nokia has finally selected Pakistan for a global launch event for two of its handsets, most likely to be feature phones with mid-range specs.

More details about the phones are embargoed but we can tell you that these two phones will have internet rich features specifically aimed for emerging markets like Pakistan.

Event is scheduled for May 15th, 2012 in Karachi.

Nokia has said that they chose Pakistan for the global launch of its upcoming devices to demonstrate the importance of Pakistani market for Nokia.

An invite sent to media men and bloggers read:

“Nokia envisions is to connect the next billion people and the first ever announcement from Pakistan of the upcoming devices have been planned specifically with this goal in mind.

Keep a watch here to know further about new Nokia devices that are going to see a launch on May 15th, 2012

News Details: ProPakistani

Pakistan Petroleum makes Rs20b in six months

Karachi: Pakistan Petroleum Limited’s net profit jumped 21% to Rs20.1 billion on the back of higher sales during July to December 2011.

The result, in line with market expectations, is also accompanied with an interim cash dividend of Rs5 per share, according to a notice sent to the Karachi Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

The country’s second largest oil and gas explorer witnessed an upsurge of 21% in net sales to Rs45.3 billion on account of favourable price in the first half of 2012.

Moreover, the company’s other income grew by impressive 84% to stand at Rs3.5 billion against Rs1.9 billion in the same period last year due to growing cash balances. This helped the company book higher interest income on bank placements, treasury bills along with gains from forex deposits.

Field expenditures depicted a 22% jump mainly on the back of dry well expenses attributed to the suspended wells during the quarter and heightened seismic activity in Sui during the period under review.

Arab light price increase by 4.5% in the six months coupled with 1.5% depreciation in the rupee against the dollar will translate into higher wellhead gas prices for the uncapped fields of Pakistan Petroleum  in the second half of the fiscal year 2012. Uncapped fields contribute 70% to PPL’s total gas production.

News Details: ETribune

P&G plans expansion in Pakistan

Los Aangeles,  January 19, 2012 (Industry Intelligence) – Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) expects growth in Pakistan and Africa, as it looks to developing markets to expand its customer base, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 19.

P&G has grown fivefold in Pakistan in the past 10 years, and the company expects the growth to continue. Currently, only seven of P&G’s 39 product categories are available in Pakistan.

P&G received the 13th annual Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence in Washington, D.C., for its philanthropic efforts in Nigeria and Pakistan.

News Details: Industry Intelligence